Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.200: Lamp with base in the form of a bear Lighting Devices Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Lamp with base in the form of a bear , 2006.170.200,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 19, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/185452. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.200 Title Lamp with base in the form of a bear Other Titles Original Language Title: 東漢 绿釉陶熊形燈 Classification Lighting Devices Work Type lighting device Date 1st – 3rd century CE Places Creation Place: East Asia, China Period Han dynasty, Eastern Han period, 25-220 CE Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/185452 Physical Descriptions Medium Earthenware with green lead glaze Technique Lead glaze Dimensions H. 37.8 x Diam. (top) 16.4 cm (14 7/8 x 6 7/16 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [J.J. Lally & Co., New York, December 1999] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (1999-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Partial gift of the Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation and partial purchase through the Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane Fund for Asian Art Accession Year 2006 Object Number 2006.170.200 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Lamp with wide, shallow, straight-sided dish receptacle for oil, raised on a faceted stem with base in the form of a ferocious bear with plump body and humped back seated on a high domed pedestal base; red earthenware with lead-fluxed emerald green glaze over molded decoration, the glaze showing silvery iridescence on the surface from burial; the underside of base unglazed. Commentary Compare to: (1) Green-glazed lamp with base in the form of a bear attributed to the Eastern Han period in the collection of the Shanghai Museum. See Zhongguo taoci quanji [The Complete Works of Chinese Ceramics], vol. 3: Qin, Han [Qin and Han dynasties] (Shanghai: Shanghai renmin meishu chubanshe, 2000), no. 153, pp. 155 and 269. (2) Dark green glazed lamp with base in the form of a crouching bear attributed to the Eastern Han period also in the collection of the Shanghai Museum. See Zhongguo meishu quanji [The Complete Works of Chinese Art], vol. 34: Taociqi yi [Ceramics, part 1] (Hefei: Huangshan shushe, 2010), 152 (left). Publication History Ancient China: Jades, Bronzes, & Ceramics, March 24-April 10, 1999, auct. cat., J.J. Lally & Co. (New York, NY, 1999), no. 36 Subjects and Contexts Sedgwick Collection Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
